Welcome to our Thankful Thursday Blog Hop. We always love sharing things were thankful for and we sure enjoy hearing from you as well. I know I’ve mentioned several times the many ways in which we like to keep warm here. I’ve been loving the fireplace and some of my sisters love to snuggle in the blankies on the big bed. Sister Seal likes to bury herself under the bedspread at the foot of the bed. Brother Simon? I’m not sure he gets too cold but he does sometimes curl up under the accessibility stairs by the big bed.

We’re plenty smart when it comes to keeping warm. Today though I’m thankful for the ferals who are wise enough to try to keep warm when the big chill arrives, and it’s been below freezing at night in our neck of the woods. We have two feral houses and it’s wonderful to see the ferals using them. The Dad smiles when he takes their breakfast out and they pop out of the houses to get their early morning meal. The younger ferals seem to make more use of the houses than do the older ferals. I guess the older ones have their preselected hidey places to keep warm.

Actually we have a big doggy igloo for them out back too and the Dad has another house that has yet to be built, but they will have it soon. Oh, the funny part is that one of the houses is close to the sliding glass door in the dining room and one of the kitties peeks out and looks like he is playing hide and go seek with Sister Seal when she is looking out the door.

We’re thankful to be able to provide some warm shelter for our feral family. They are like family and we always do what we can for them. What are you thankful for today? Tell me in the comments and then hop on in on the Blog Hop!

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God Bless you for sure….you take amazing care of your ferals. Love that cozy photo too. We are grateful to be warm (we have a snowstorm outside, about 8 inches total)……..and we got our Secret Paws today and are soooo grateful!

Dear Brian, I am thankful that I have a wonderful home and Mom here Canada and that I am not a feral on the streets of Tehran. I am thankful that you guys take such good care of your ferals and I am thankful that we can donate to the local feed the feral program!
Purrs Marv

It’s just wonderful that you all are able to help your feral family make it through the cold of winter AND the heat of summer with food and shelter. We don’t have ferals here but we do have a couple of “visitors” who stop by and apparently are let out at night to roam – we have a heated house on the front porch and give them a nice breakfast when they show up in the morning. CARING is important……you all do that better than most peeps we know! I know those kitties are THANKFUL and we want you to… Read more »

I liked what you wrote. In our home, it is a win-win situation. It is too hot in the summer to share any spaces really. But in the winter, cat gets to snuggle on bed next to human and on top of feather down covers. While human gets to be kept warm by snuggling cat. That is really important, because the heating is broken in the dormitory at the moment. As for the feral cats that live outside, they are fine. Not THAT cold here. Nobody freezes. Just when it rains, you’d think you have to go looking for Noah’s… Read more »

It hurts our hearts to think of cats being homeless and out in the cold but we are grateful that you view the feral cats in your community as part of your family. We know they are thankful for everything you do for them. XO

The lady across the street puts out pet carriers with blankets in them for the feral cats in the neighborhood. She puts out food for them as well. Right now she has 3 that come and snuggle in the blankets and eat the food.

We know those ferals are very happy to have your family to look out for them, Brian. We are thankful for all our blogging friends and all the nice Christmas wishes they have been sending us. XOCK, Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy and Sawyer

Brian, we are so ever thankful that your family looks after the ferals and gets to feed them. Did you know that in our neck of the woods you can got to jail fur feeding stray cats? Am thats just the saddest thing?

-Purrz from Jeremiah Midnight who am furry thankful to be loved and cared about
and thanks fur purring fur my journey tomorrow. Now Katie Mom haz to gets some sleeps.

Yur Pawentss are THEE BEST Brian an mee iss fankfull to them fur helpin thee feralss effury day! An mee iss fankfull that wee are furendss.
An mee iss fankfull mee LadyMum iss stayin home today so wee can snuggull (as shee has had appointmintss all most efurry day this week…)
An mee iss fankfull her Speshellist gave her thee Lidocaine innjecktionss! Shee iss feelin much less pain! WOO HOO!
~~~head rubsss~~~ Siddhartha Henry~~~

Brian, looks like you are thankful to have your hoomin’s legs to cozy up to! We have a couple insulated shelters for our Friendly Ferals, The ‘O’ Cats, and they get fresh water twice a day (it freezes solid) and plenty of kibble too. I try to get some wet food out to them, when the sun is high in the afternoon and the wet food doesn’t freeze.